ConVal Drama presents parody April 4-6, Peterborough

ConVal High School Drama will present “The Drowsy Chaperone” at ConVal High School April 4, 5 and 6 at 7 p.m.

The show is a parody of American musical comedy of the 1920s. The story concerns a middle-aged, asocial musical theatre fan (Man in the Chair) as he plays the record of his favorite musical, the fictional 1928 hit “The Drowsy Chaperone.” The show comes to life onstage as he wryly comments on the music, story, and actors as he frequently brings the audience in and out of the fantasy.

The plot of the show-within-a-show centers on Janet Van De Graaff, star of “Feldzieg’s Follies” who plans to give up her career in order to marry an oil tycoon, Robert Martin.